Stirling Road railway station

Carluke/Stirling Road
Carluke/Stirling Road
General information
Location	Carluke, North Lanarkshire; Scotland
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Wishaw and Coltness Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian Railway
Key dates
8 May 1843	Opened
1848	Name changed to Stirling Road
1853	Closed

Stirling Road railway station served the town of Carluke, North Lanarkshire, Scotland from 1843 to 1853 on the Wishaw and Coltness Railway.

History

The station opened as Carluke and Lanark on 8 May 1843 by the Wishaw and Coltness Railway. It had several sidings and a line that served Coltness Iron Works. The station's name was changed to Stirling Road in 1848. It closed in 1853.[1]

References

Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 108. OCLC 931112387.

External links

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Overtown Line and station closed		Caledonian Railway Wishaw and Coltness Railway		Morningside Line and station closed

55.7669°N 3.8696°W / 55.7669; -3.8696

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[1] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 108. OCLC 931112387.